sc, Lake District to get it's own currency........

[PSRB]

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/04/lake-district-opts-out-of-currency-union/

[Sir C]

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/04/lake-district-opts-out-of-currency-union/

I'll be up there next week, I shall pick some up. For what reason, I know not.

[Burney]

I'll be up there next week, I shall pick some up. For what reason, I know not.

Isn't the theory with these things that it stops money leaving the region? All seems a bit socialist to me.

[Sir C]

Isn't the theory with these things that it stops money leaving the region? All seems a bit socialist to me.

I'll certainly be accepting such currency when I realise I've run out of money and have to spend my retirement running my house as a b&b, making breakfast for greasy Manucunians and putting their shít-stained sheets into my washing machine. :-(

[Burney]

I'll certainly be accepting such currency when I realise I've run out of money and have to spend my retirement running my house as a b&b, making breakfast for greasy Manucunians and putting their shít-stained sheets into my washing machine. :-(

What a rosy picture you paint, to be sure. :-(

And why are they sh1tting on your sheets? Surely even Mancunians don't do that, do they?

[IUFG]

I'll certainly be accepting such currency when I realise I've run out of money and have to spend my retirement running my house as a b&b, making breakfast for greasy Manucunians and putting their shít-stained sheets into my washing machine. :-(

Yes, but think of the money you could make, sc.

Buy a house like this one for a mere £330k - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-48884454.html
(alright, it is in Whitehaven, but it appears to have nice views) and live on the equity from the sale of your current house.

[Burney]

Yes, but think of the money you could make, sc.

Buy a house like this one for a mere £330k - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-48884454.html
(alright, it is in Whitehaven, but it appears to have nice views) and live on the equity from the sale of your current house.

Whitehaven's not too bad. It's a lot better than Workington, that's for sure.

[IUFG]

Whitehaven's not too bad. It's a lot better than Workington, that's for sure.

I could quite happily cope with that view whilst sitting in that conservatory with the Sunday papers and a bottle wine

[Sir C]

Yes, but think of the money you could make, sc.

Buy a house like this one for a mere £330k - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-48884454.html
(alright, it is in Whitehaven, but it appears to have nice views) and live on the equity from the sale of your current house.

Exactly so. That is my plan. However, my ability to burn through money must not be underestimated.

I'll be skint inside 18 months.

[Burney]

I could quite happily cope with that view whilst sitting in that conservatory with the Sunday papers and a bottle wine

Yes. Very nice. Apart from when it rains or is covered in mist or snow (ie most of the year).

Mind you, before I bought that place, the occupants would have to solemnly promise to take all the furniture, curtains, wallpaper, fittings and carpets away with them. :-( The fireplace is fvcking hideous as well.

[Burney]

Exactly so. That is my plan. However, my ability to burn through money must not be underestimated.

I'll be skint inside 18 months.

Just remember: "Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance and the parent of liberty"

[IUFG]

Yes. Very nice. Apart from when it rains or is covered in mist or snow (ie most of the year).

Mind you, before I bought that place, the occupants would have to solemnly promise to take all the furniture, curtains, wallpaper, fittings and carpets away with them. :-( The fireplace is fvcking hideous as well.

Well, yes.

Gut it and spend £100k. Sorted.

[Sir C]

Just remember: "Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance and the parent of liberty"

Tight ****.

[Burney]

Well, yes.

Gut it and spend £100k. Sorted.

Honestly, though, how do so many people get through decades of life without ever developing any aesthetic discernment? What do they do with their eyes? How can you look at decor that makes your house look like a mid-range suburban knocking shop and not recoil?

[Burney]

Tight ****.

I don't think frugality's ever got anyone any of that, tbh.

[IUFG]

Honestly, though, how do so many people get through decades of life without ever developing any aesthetic discernment? What do they do with their eyes? How can you look at decor that makes your house look like a mid-range suburban knocking shop and not recoil?

There's no accounting for taste, b.

though that place is taking twee to another level.